[HERE
screens Thursday July 12th at 5:30 pm and Sunday July 15th at 8:15 pm
at the Cleveland Cinematheque.]
Review
by Bob Ignizio
If one were to reduce HERE
to nothing more than its plot, it wouldn't be all that different than
your average Nicholas Sparks adaptation, or perhaps more generously,
something like THE BRIDGES OF MADISION COUNTY.
Will (Ben Foster) is a cartographer sent to Armenia to improve the
satellite maps of the region. It means a lot of long hours alone, but
that suits Will just fine, at least until he meets Gadarine (Lubna
Azabal) at his hotel. Gadarine is a loner as well. She was born in
Armenia, but left to attend school in France and ultimately begin a
successful career as a photographer. After a chance
meeting, the two hit it off and decide to travel together, each
“mapping” the terrain in their own way – Ben with his precise
measurements, and Gabardine with her more emotional and artistic photos. Along the way they fall
in love, have adventures, and inevitably argue as their two very
different worlds come into conflict.
